Red Hat post is for RHEL customers only

Posted Jan 4, 2018 19:46 UTC (Thu) by sasha (subscriber, #16070)
Parent article: A collection of Meltdown/Spectre postings

The RH post is not available without subscription, alas.

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Posted Jan 4, 2018 19:50 UTC (Thu) by jake (editor, #205) [Link]

> The RH post is not available without subscription, alas.

hmm, strange ... it works for me and I don't have a RHEL subscription ... maybe some other problem?

jake

Red Hat post is for RHEL customers only

Posted Jan 4, 2018 20:10 UTC (Thu) by Frogging101 (subscriber, #113180) [Link]

I can't access it either. "Subscriber exclusive content"

Red Hat post is for RHEL customers only

Posted Jan 4, 2018 20:10 UTC (Thu) by armijn (subscriber, #3653) [Link]

I get a "subscribers only" as well.

Red Hat post is for RHEL customers only

Posted Jan 4, 2018 20:23 UTC (Thu) by jake (editor, #205) [Link]

> I get a "subscribers only" as well.

Even weirder. I just tried it in an icognito window and a browser I never use and had no trouble. Not sure what to suggest ... region-locked for only North American consumption? or some other misconfiguration? ... there's nothing in it that would appear to be any kind of company secret or bestow an advantage for competitors ...

jake

Red Hat post is for RHEL customers only

Posted Jan 4, 2018 20:31 UTC (Thu) by atal (subscriber, #98720) [Link]

I am in North America and also see the "Subscribers Only" message.

Red Hat post is for RHEL customers only

Posted Jan 4, 2018 20:58 UTC (Thu) by Anssi (subscriber, #52242) [Link]

There are two redhat.com links in the article, I can access the second one but not the first.

I.e. this one says "SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE CONTENT": https://access.redhat.com/articles/3307751

Red Hat post is for RHEL customers only

Posted Jan 4, 2018 21:53 UTC (Thu) by jake (editor, #205) [Link]

> There are two redhat.com links in the article, I can access the second one but not the first.

Ah yes, now I see. I had forgotten about that link since I successfully looked at it earlier, which means that it was open access for a while, with luck, perhaps Red Hat will restore access soon.

jake

Red Hat post is for RHEL customers only

Posted Jan 5, 2018 0:06 UTC (Fri) by Anssi (subscriber, #52242) [Link]

I guess they have now done so, as the article opens fine for me now.

Red Hat post is for RHEL customers only

Posted Jan 4, 2018 21:58 UTC (Thu) by lwnwl (guest, #118220) [Link]

A few hours ago i was able to access the content on https://access.redhat.com/articles/3307751 .. but now when i tried again, i hit the "SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE CONTENT" issue.

Red Hat post is for RHEL customers only

Posted Jan 4, 2018 20:47 UTC (Thu) by pbonzini (subscriber, #60935) [Link]

I will ask around if it can be made public.

Red Hat post is public now

Posted Jan 5, 2018 2:58 UTC (Fri) by sasha (subscriber, #16070) [Link]

Thank you very much.

Red Hat post is for RHEL customers only

Posted Jan 4, 2018 23:13 UTC (Thu) by jcm (subscriber, #18262) [Link]

It was being updated earlier with some additional information. I'll work with the team to get it updated.

Jon (who wrote much of the technical summary)

Red Hat post is for RHEL customers only

Posted Jan 5, 2018 1:55 UTC (Fri) by brooksmoses (subscriber, #88422) [Link]

Update as of 6:00 PDT: I can now access the performance article in an incognito window without a RHEL login. Thanks to Red Hat for making this public, and to pbonzini@ for asking around if that's indeed what prompted them to do that. :)

Red Hat post is for RHEL customers only

Posted Jan 5, 2018 3:48 UTC (Fri) by jcm (subscriber, #18262) [Link]

I spoke with the security team lead earlier and had it opened up. Thanks to Paolo for responding here also.

Red Hat post is for RHEL customers only

Posted Jan 5, 2018 21:02 UTC (Fri) by brooksmoses (subscriber, #88422) [Link]

Well, then, thank you! Much appreciated, and for your part in writing it as well.

Red Hat post is for RHEL customers only

Posted Jan 5, 2018 7:36 UTC (Fri) by pbonzini (subscriber, #60935) [Link]

No, I went to bed and was going to do that today. :-) (Full disclosure!)

Red Hat post is for RHEL customers only

Posted Jan 5, 2018 16:34 UTC (Fri) by jcm (subscriber, #18262) [Link]

:) I'm looking forward to sleeping again. Hoping that happens next week!

Red Hat post is for RHEL customers only

Posted Jan 6, 2018 9:26 UTC (Sat) by roblucid (subscriber, #48964) [Link]

Speculative asking around was done, very important you follow up as intended or you endanger whole visible universe by a causality paradox!